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Security personnel guard Srinagar roads to prevent Muharram procession on Sunday

Aug 30, 2020, at 10:57 pm

Deserted view of Srinagar amid strict restrictions imposed as a precautionary measure to prevent Muharram procession on Sunday.

Health worker sanitising classroom in Yemen's capital Sanaa

Aug 30, 2020, at 10:41 pm

SANAA, Aug. 30, 2020 (Xinhua) -- A health worker disinfects a classroom before students arrive to take their exams at a school in Sanaa, Yemen, Aug. 30, 2020.

Paris amid COVID-19

Aug 30, 2020, at 02:42 am

PARIS, Aug. 29, 2020 (Xinhua) -- A man rides a bicycle at the Palais Royal in Paris, France, Aug. 29, 2020. A total of 7,379 people tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours in France, marking the highest daily tally since March 31, data released by the Healthy Ministry showed on Friday.

Covid-19 awareness campaign in Thiruvananthapuram

Aug 27, 2020, at 10:40 pm

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, AUG 27 (UNI) As part of an awareness campaign organised by the district administration to draw the attention of the public to strictly follow Covid-19 preventive measures during onam festival, a man dressed up as a tiger wearing face mask and gloves travelling in an announcement vehicle, in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday.

Jammu: Army distributing sanitizers and books among children

Aug 27, 2020, at 12:13 am

JAMMU, AUG 26 (UNI):- Army distributing sanitizers and books among children in border areas during a programme in Jammu on Wednesday.

Rapid antigen test for COVID-19 in North Kolkata

Aug 24, 2020, at 07:02 pm

KOLKATA, AUG 23 (UNI) Health workers collecting samples for rapid antigen test for COVID-19, at a residential society in North Kolkata on Sunday

Morocco: A medical worker collects a swab from a man for a COVID-19 test

Aug 22, 2020, at 10:55 pm

SALE, Aug. 22, 2020 (Xinhua) -- A medical worker collects a swab from a man for a COVID-19 test in Sale, Morocco, on Aug. 21, 2020. Morocco on Friday reported 1,609 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number of infections in the country since March 2 to 49,247.

Medical worker taking swab sample from a girl in Israel

Aug 22, 2020, at 12:38 am

NESS ZIONA, Aug. 21, 2020 (Xinhua) -- A medical worker takes a swab sample from a girl for COVID-19 test in the central Israel city of Ness Ziona, Aug. 20, 2020. The Israeli health ministry reported 1,630 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, raising the total number in the country to 99,599.

Harsh Vardhan inaugurates a blood donation drive

Aug 14, 2020, at 10:57 pm

NEW DELHI, AUG 14 (UNI):- Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Dr. Harsh Vardhan inaugurates a blood donation drive to honour martyred soldiers and frontline COVID warriors on the eve of Independence Day, at AIIMS, in New Delhi on Friday.

Delhi metro trains parked at yard owing to Covid-19

Aug 14, 2020, at 08:04 pm

NEW DELHI, AUG 14 (UNI):- Metro trains are parked at yard as Delhi Metro services are suspended following the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, in New Delhi on Friday.

Sao Paolo amid Covid-19 outbreak

Aug 13, 2020, at 10:02 pm

SAO PAULO, Aug. 13, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Women in protective suits walk on the street in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Aug. 12, 2020. Brazil on Wednesday said it registered 1,175 deaths from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the previous 24 hours, raising the death toll to 104,201. According to the Brazilian Ministry of Healths daily pandemic report, tests detected 55,155 new cases of infection in the same 24-hour period, taking the total caseload to 3,164,785. A total of 2,309,477 patients have recovered.

Auckland: Man wearing a face mask rides a bicycle

Aug 12, 2020, at 11:19 pm

AUCKLAND, Aug. 12, 2020 (Xinhua) -- A man wearing a face mask rides a bicycle on a street in downtown Auckland, New Zealand, Aug. 12, 2020. New Zealands largest city Auckland resumed COVID-19 Alert Level 3 on Wednesday for three days, with the rest of the country going to Level 2 after four cases of community transmission were confirmed on Tuesday.

BJP activists protesting against expensive Covid treatment in pvt hosps in Hyderabad

Aug 12, 2020, at 03:44 am

HYDERABAD AUG 11 (UNI) BJP activists stage dharna against the high fees in private hospitals for COVID treatment in Hyderabad on Tuesday.

A view of the closed Hari Singh street in Srinagar amid Covid lockdown

Aug 12, 2020, at 02:43 am

SRINAGAR, AUG 11 (UNI) Women walking past closed Hari Singh High Street market in Srinagar amid lockdown to put a break on high spike in COVID-19 affected cases in view of coronavirus pandemic in Kashmir valley on Tuesday.

Jakarta: A medical worker takes a swab sample from a resident for COVID-19 tests

Aug 10, 2020, at 10:46 pm

JAKARTA, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- A medical worker takes a swab sample from a resident for COVID-19 tests at the Sawah Besar Public Health Center in Jakarta, Indonesia, Aug. 10, 2020.

People with masks shop in a store in Mexico City

Aug 10, 2020, at 10:45 pm

MEXICO CITY, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- People with masks shop in a store in Mexico City, Mexico, Aug. 9, 2020. Mexico reported 4,376 new COVID-19 cases within the past 24 hours, taking the national count to 480,278 cases, the countrys health ministry said on Sunday.

Health workers taking swabs for Covid-19 test in Secunderabad,Telangana

Aug 08, 2020, at 09:21 pm

SECUNDERABAD, AUG 8 (UNI)- Health workers collecting samples for COVID-19 test at a camp in the Cantonment area at Bolarum in Secunderabad on Saturday.

Moderate traffic in Srinagar two days after anti-COVID lockdown

Aug 06, 2020, at 11:30 pm

SRINAGAR, Aug 6 (UNI) A moderate number of Vehicles hit the roads in Srinagar after two days restrictions amid lockdown to put a break on the high spike of COVID-19 cases in view of Coronavirus pandemic on Thursday.

Fire at Covid-19 hospital in Ahmedabad

Aug 06, 2020, at 11:26 pm

AHMEDABAD, AUG 06 (UNI) Relatives stand outside a hospital where a fire broke out inside an intensive Care Unit (ICU) treating patients infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ahmedabad on Thursday.

Glimpse of Istanbul amid Covid-19

Aug 06, 2020, at 10:06 pm

ISTANBUL, AUG. 6, 2020 (Xinhua) -- People wearing face masks are seen on a street in Istanbul, Turkey, on Aug. 5, 2020. Turkey reported 1,178 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, raising the total diagnosed cases to 236,112, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said.

Maj Gen I M Lamba inaugurates COVID High Dependency Unit (HDU) Complex at Military hospital

Aug 04, 2020, at 09:44 pm

PRAYAGRAJ,AUG 4 (UNI):- Maj Gen I M Lamba, General Officer Commanding,Eastern Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh Sub area inaugurating COVID High Dependency Unit (HDU) Complex at Military hospital, in Prayagraj on Tuesday.

A COVID-19 patient is brought to a hospital by health workers in Brasilia

Aug 04, 2020, at 09:14 pm

BRASILIA, Aug. 4, 2020 (Xinhua) -- A COVID-19 patient is brought to a hospital by health workers in Brasilia, Brazil, Aug. 3, 2020. Brazil on Monday recorded 561 new deaths from COVID-19, bringing the national death toll to 94,665, according to the countrys health ministry.Meanwhile, tests have detected 16,641 new infections, taking the total caseload to 2,750,318, said the ministry.

Covid-19: French PM visits Lille

Aug 04, 2020, at 09:06 pm

PARIS, Aug. 4, 2020 (Xinhua) -- French Prime Minister Jean Castex (C, front) visits Lille as mask-wearing becomes mandatory in the city center amid concerns about an increase in COVID-19 cases, northern France, Aug. 3, 2020. The French authorities have ordered people to wear face masks in outdoor public places in many major cities as the COVID-19 spread faster and the admission to intensive care units increased again after month-long decline.

Covid-19 testing in Germany

Aug 04, 2020, at 08:28 pm

COLOGNE (GERMANY), Aug. 4, 2020 (Xinhua) -- A health worker collects a swab from a passenger at Cologne-Bonn Airport in Cologne, Germany, on Aug. 3, 2020. Germanys COVID-19 cases rose by 509 within one day to 210,402, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) said on Monday.

Passengers taking selfie at Sheremetyevo International Airport after Russia resumed air service partially

Aug 02, 2020, at 09:26 pm

MOSCOW, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- Passengers take a selfie at the Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, on Aug. 1, 2020. Russia has partially resumed its international flights starting Aug. 1, according to reports.

Javanese human puppet troupe performs with limited audience amid COVID-19 in Jakarta

Aug 02, 2020, at 09:10 pm

JAKARTA, Aug. 2, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Members of the Wayang Orang Bharata troupe perform in a Javanese human puppet show with limited on-site audience amid the COVID-19 outbreak in Jakarta, Indonesia, Aug. 1, 2020. The performance was also live streamed as a fundraiser to encourage Javanese human puppet show enthusiasts to help the troupes actors and their families overcome current financial struggles.

Passengers board RwandAir flight at Kigali as Rwanda opened commercial flights from Aug 1

Aug 02, 2020, at 09:07 pm

KIGALI, Aug. 2, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Passengers board a RwandAir flight at Kigali International Airport in Kigali, capital of Rwanda, Aug. 1, 2020. While the central African nation announced the reopening of airports for commercial flights from Aug. 1, the Rwandan Cabinet decided to keep land borders closed, except for goods and cargo as well as returning Rwandan citizens and legal residents until the measures against COVID-19 are reviewed again after 15 days upon a health assessment, a statement on Cabinet decisions made at the meeting showed.

Casket of late Zimbabwean Agriculture Minister Perrance Shiri carried during burial

Aug 01, 2020, at 09:35 pm

HARARE, Aug. 1, 2020 (Xinhua) -- The casket of late Zimbabwean Agriculture Minister Perrance Shiri is carried during his burial at the National Heroes Acre in Harare, Zimbabwe, on July 31, 2020. Perrance Shiri died of COVID-19, President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced on Thursday. Shiri died early Wednesday morning, a few days after his driver succumbed to the virus.

Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren inaugurates Plasma Centre

Jul 28, 2020, at 07:32 pm

RANCHI, JULY 28, 2020 (UNI) – Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren inaugurating Plazma Centre for Covid patients at Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) hospital in Ranchi on Tuesday, July 28,

Lockdown in Agartala to curb Covid-19 spread

Jul 28, 2020, at 07:18 pm

AGARTALA, JULY 28 (UNI):-Deserted look market during 72 hours lockdown announced by the state government to curb spread of Coronavirus in Agartala on Tuesday.